Tango Yak

The beautiful Cheeseman park is a tango landmark, Sunday afternoon at the Denver festival. This is where the sun sets with glory as we dance to the wonderful melodies of the golden orchestras. The Thursday milonga is in a very cool venue as well called the Highland House. Friday brings the afternoon welcome milonga which is a favorite of mine. Friday night at the Mercury features Alex Krebbs and his companions with live music. Saturday is alternative in the afternoon and elegant in the evening then Sunday closes with the all nighter. Vintage Denver.

The teachers are most wonderful starting with her majesty Marika Landry with Avik the cool Basu, senor cadencia Ney Melo with adorno master Jennifer Bratt, then last but not least the great Alex Krebbs de Portland.

The DJ team includes “Avik le Symapthique”, “Traspie Paul”, “Mile High Martin (and Tom)” and definitely worth the wait is “Lampis mi amor” with the little ol’ Yak (Saturday alternative and all nighter Sunday).  Kudos to Tom for being patient until Lampis was ready to DJ again. Avik recently DJ’d a magnificent milonga outdoors in Seattle and will DJ Friday afternoon. Paul is a steady favorite, but he will be Mercurial Friday night. Martin redefined the Friday afternoon milonga in Denver and many of us booked our flights with that one in mind because of him, this time he gets Cheeseman. Lampis, welcome back to the ranks, we all miss your music soooo much, the Saturday night elegant milonga awaits you.

Most importantly, the dancers that go to Denver are to die for. They are hard core tango nomads driven by a desire to go into a dreamy state that moves in a counterclockwise direction. Airline fares are a bargain and the hotel is quite reasonable with a free airport shuttle and many cool restaurants within range. Am getting so excited as this fine weekend approaches. Link: DENVER FESTIVAL LABOR DAY 2010